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    • The Polarstern expedition PS92

      PS92 Summary | 19 May - 28 June 2015
      On May 19, 2015, the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern will set sail for a six week expedition to the Central Arctic Ocean initiated by “ART”. ART, in this

    • The Polarstern-Expedition PS95

      PS95 Summary| 29 October till 2 December 2015 (Bremerhaven - Cape Town)
      The expedition PS 95 is split in two legs: PS95.1 transit cruise from Bremerhaven to Las Palmas and PS 95.2 from Las Palmas t

    • The Tropical North Atlantic: Cold in the Water, Dust in the Sky

      the North-east Trade Wind zone under skies with only a few clouds, but with strong head-winds for Polarstern. By crossing the northern tropic, the Tropic of Cancer, at 23° 26’ 05” North during the night of

    • The changing Arctic Ocean

      After eventful and busy months, the Arctic season ends this weekend with the Polarstern expedition called ArcWatch-1. The team of almost 100 crew and scientists measured sea ice thickness and properties [...] sea. Their data show significant changes compared to previous expeditions. On 7 September 2023, Polarstern reached the North Pole, and on 20 September there was the world's first livestream of an ROV under-ice

    • The floating university – graduate school uses Polarstern cruise to Antarctic for training

      Press release

    • The forerunners of Greenland

      Report No. 1 | 12 - 17 September 2017
      In the evening of 12 September the research icebreaker R/V Polarstern left the port of Tromsø (Norway). On board there are scientists from seven nations who cover the

    • The grand finale to the expedition of a century

      After more than a year in the Central Arctic, this Monday, 12 October, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Accompanied by a ‘welcome committee’ of ships that came

    • The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe

      Siberian Islands were the birthplace of the MOSAiC floe: the sea ice in which the research vessel Polarstern is now drifting through the Arctic was formed off the coast of the archipelago, which separates

    • The new Polarstern features a high-tech heart

      The centrepiece of the new construction project for the Polarstern's successor is now taking shape: by the end of August, TKMS, Wärtsilä, Steerprop and Aker Arctic had inked the contracts for the entire

    • The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

      the German research fleet, German shipbuilding, and international polar research alike: the new Polarstern will be constructed in Wismar by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. company received the official contract